Serve as the U.S. partner within the global STOP TB Partnership and participate in Stop TB Partnership activities.

Post Date

April 1st 2012

Application Due Date

May 31st 2012

Funding Opportunity Number

CDC-RFA-PS12-1208

CFDA Number(s)

93.947

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Health

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

Eligible Applicants Eligible applicants that can apply for this funding opportunity are listed below: ╔ Public, non-profit organizations; ╔ Private, non-profit organizations; ╔ For-profit organizations; ╔ Small, minority, and women-owned businesses; ╔ Universities; ╔ Colleges; ╔ Research institutions; ╔ Hospitals; ╔ Community-based organizations; ╔ Faith-based organizations; ╔ Federally recognized Indian tribal Governments; ╔ Indian tribes; ╔ Indian tribal organizations; ╔ U.S. State and local Governments or their Bona Fide Agents (this includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau); ╔ Political subdivisions of U.S. States (in consultation with States); A Bona Fide Agent is an agency/organization identified by a state as eligible to submit an application under the State's eligibility in lieu of a State application. If applying as a bona fide agent of a State or local Government, a letter from the State or local Government as documentation of the status is required. Place this documentation behind the first page of the application form.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $500000

• Award Range:

  $100000 - $100000

Grant Description

Funds are available to one recipient to provide administrative and operational support to the STOP TB USA partnership. The STOP TB USA specific purpose is to create a social movment for public awareness, community empowerment and policy action to; (1) mobilize and actively support resources for TB elimination in the US at the national, state, and local levels; (2)serve as a channel of scientific and public health knowledge for policy makers and the public on the status of tuberculosis elimination globally, nationally and at state and local levels; (3) educate the policy makers and the public about the need for sustaining community public health activities for the elimination of tuberculosis, including the development of new tools; and (4) provide a framework for increasing community pariticipation in the national tuberculosis elimination effort, with emphasis on building awareness in and participation of "at risk" populations.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Health and Human Services

• Office:

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Agency Contact:

  CDC
  Procurements and Grants Officce (PGO)
  Phone 770-488-2006

• Agency Mailing Address:

  pgotim@cdc.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  pgotim@cdc.gov